blaisson populaire. I first became aware of these stories in the 1970s,
they usually involved information on good (but not quite verifiable)
authority that such things had been carried out in the Soviet Union (aka
The Evil Empire). Another set that circulates from time to time involve
the sexual relations between Lilly's dolphins and their female handlers.
the most interesting thing about these stories is why they excite so much
attention. legends only grow in fertile ground.
John Bishop